Problem with the second network card

CompiMan · 05-07-2009, 05:14 AM

Hi all!

I have a problem with my server. I have installed my Debian 5 machine with kernel version 2.6.26-2-amd64.

I want to configure Debian machine to act like router/firewall.
I have 2 network cards inside and I want to configure in the next way but I can't bring up the second network interface.

ISP modem ----> first NIC (eth0) -----> second NIC (eth1) ---->local network(switch)

I have the follow configuration in /etc/network/interfaces

Quote:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

#The primary network interface (extern)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static

address 192.168.1.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1

#The secondary network interface (intern)
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
adress 172.16.10.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 172.16.0.0
broadcast 172.16.255.255

My configuration in /etc/hosts is:

Quote:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
172.16.10.1 server1.texvol.com server1

And now the problem which come when I run "/etc/init.d/networking restart " is:

Quote:

server1:/home/texvol# /etc/init.d/networking restart
Reconfiguring network interfaces...if-up.d/mountnfs[eth0]: waiting for interface eth1 before doing NFS mounts (warning).
Don't seem to be have all the variables for eth1/inet.
Failed to bring up eth1.
done.

Every help is welcome, please tell me what I did wrong and what I need to configure more to bring the second card alive.

I am new to Linux server world and any comment please write it as you write it to a beginner.

Thanks,
compiman

IW2B · 05-07-2009, 06:56 AM

Hi,

You have a small typing error in the settings for eth1, your missing a "d"

"adress 172.16.10.1"

Ian

CompiMan · 05-11-2009, 02:59 AM

YES it was that error who took me 2 days to find it.

Thanks for your good observing eyes.

My second network card just came to life when I corected that little, little error who took me as I said 2 days to solve it.

farslayer · 05-11-2009, 07:03 AM

sometimes a second set of eyes on a problem is very useful. I know I've stared at configs before going "I don't see antything wrong" someone else looks and finds an issue similar to the one above.. So you're not alone

Thymox · 05-11-2009, 05:17 PM

That's why I like config-testing utilities, like the "testparm" tool you get with Samba. God only knows how many times I've made errors in Samba configs and found out about them that way.